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Demovictory9

(32,456 posts)
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 12:58 AM Nov 2019

U.S. TRUMP IS 'AFRAID' TO VISIT WAR ZONE COMBAT TROOPS BECAUSE 'PEOPLE WANT TO KILL HIM'

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-afraid-visit-war-zone-combat-people-want-kill-him-report-1224081?utm_source=newsweek&utm_medium=push_notification&utm_campaign=onesignal&fbclid=IwAR1gXINlMmicWHRHZE9KCD_jmB8CG4Rb2ZYfa98v3rhPviUUm7s9QGeN9js


resident Donald Trump has told aides and White House officials that he was afraid to visit U.S. troops in war zones, and didn't back the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan.

"He's never been interested in going," one unnamed former senior White House official told The Washington Post. "He's afraid of those situations. He's afraid people want to kill him."


"I think you will see that happen," Trump told Wallace. "There are things that are being planned. We don't want to talk about it because of security reasons and everything else."

Trump also expressed his regret at not having visited Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, saying had been busy with phone calls.

"I should have done that. I was extremely busy on calls for the country. We did a lot of calling as you know," Trump said.

Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in a recent CNN interview described Trump not visiting troops in a war zone as a "failure of an obligation.

"I think it's bigger than just a misstep—I think it's a failure of an obligation, of a basic obligation of a commander in chief," Hagel said. "He's commander in chief of our forces, and not to go to a war zone where we have men and women dying, that's just wrong."

According to The Post, Trump will not be visiting troops over the Thanksgiving holiday, which he will spend at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
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U.S. TRUMP IS 'AFRAID' TO VISIT WAR ZONE COMBAT TROOPS BECAUSE 'PEOPLE WANT TO KILL HIM' (Original Post) Demovictory9 Nov 2019 OP
Trump is a coward. madaboutharry Nov 2019 #1
I don't see where he would get that impression.😂 TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #21
Bone spur Coward will always do cowardly things because Farmer-Rick Nov 2019 #30
Uh... Why doesn't that stop him from visiting soybean country? The same rationale applies there... RockRaven Nov 2019 #2
I believe this. He told a story on radio where he had no intention of helping a bleeding man NCLefty Nov 2019 #3
No Wawannabe Nov 2019 #18
No, REPUBLICANS made him COTUS JHB Nov 2019 #25
Uh huh underthematrix Nov 2019 #4
I have no doubt that he would be killed by his own troops in a war zone. nt Progressive Jones Nov 2019 #5
+1000 smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #15
He's a failure in every possible way. spanone Nov 2019 #6
Our side? Or theirs? James48 Nov 2019 #7
He's not as stupid as he looks world wide wally Nov 2019 #8
You're probably right. Patterson Nov 2019 #9
He's actually more stupid than he looks ... CatMor Nov 2019 #12
But he always has time to jet off for another little Nuremburg rally gratuitous Nov 2019 #10
Such a brave leader..... Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2019 #11
I use to love the Obama family marlakay Nov 2019 #13
Telemarketer-in-Chief really thinks Presidentin' is all about phone calls, doesn't he? Withywindle Nov 2019 #14
My hubby was in DC recently and he said Baitball Blogger Nov 2019 #16
Well... Wawannabe Nov 2019 #17
He talks like such a tough guy dictator and wiseguy bad ass. Mc Mike Nov 2019 #19
This article is a year old. DesertRat Nov 2019 #20
Cowardly, lazy, borderline illiterate, moody, weird, petulant, vindictive, pathological LIAR. VOX Nov 2019 #22
his time in hell will include onethatcares Nov 2019 #23
The only thing that surprises me here GoCubsGo Nov 2019 #24
Just add this to the list of the many many things he is afraid of... FM123 Nov 2019 #26
He was busy alright, tweeting away. dewsgirl Nov 2019 #27
Old trumpstain. The picture of cowardice. C_U_L8R Nov 2019 #28
Trump is no tough guy, gab13by13 Nov 2019 #29
K&R UTUSN Nov 2019 #31
Millions of people... Blue Owl Nov 2019 #32
Too bad he wouldn't go and ________. roamer65 Nov 2019 #33
Coward and an asshole. Trump is a pig. I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2019 #34
Security reasons? Meanwhile that maggot leaked details of Pelosi's overseas trip. Nt helpisontheway Nov 2019 #35

TheBlackAdder

(28,201 posts)
21. I don't see where he would get that impression.😂
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 08:28 AM
Nov 2019

.

He's such a dick, I'm sure more than one kid at his military school said they would frag his ass in Vietnam.

.

Farmer-Rick

(10,175 posts)
30. Bone spur Coward will always do cowardly things because
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 09:54 AM
Nov 2019

He's a coward. Did I mention his 6 deferments that kept him out of the war because he's a coward.

RockRaven

(14,967 posts)
2. Uh... Why doesn't that stop him from visiting soybean country? The same rationale applies there...
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 01:06 AM
Nov 2019

Doesn't it? Or shouldn't it?

Oh, stupid me, one cannot expect rational behavior from Trump or Trump-humpers!

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
3. I believe this. He told a story on radio where he had no intention of helping a bleeding man
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 01:10 AM
Nov 2019

in front of him at a dinner. He spoke about it like he was disGUSTED by it and couldn't believe the soldiers that came over and carried him away were getting blood all over their uniforms.

Trump is the kind of bully that would get his friends to beat you up and then walk over and crush your fingers with his boot while lecturing you about how much he hurt you. And we made him POTUS. :/

Wawannabe

(5,661 posts)
18. No
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 05:25 AM
Nov 2019

Russia made him ROTUS!!!
(Resident of the United States)

“We” didn’t have any skin in that game!
Electoral ripoff!

JHB

(37,160 posts)
25. No, REPUBLICANS made him COTUS
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 09:02 AM
Nov 2019

(Conman of the United States)

They gladly took Russia's help, but it was their people, the base they've been cultivating for decades, that elected him.

Russia didn't invent that, they just took the conservative programming and cloned a second set of controls.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
15. +1000
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 04:16 AM
Nov 2019

Absolutely. Can you imagine that selfish, arrogant prick out there in a war zone? Hell, he'd be the first to go.

spanone

(135,838 posts)
6. He's a failure in every possible way.
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 01:18 AM
Nov 2019
Trump also expressed his regret at not having visited Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, saying had been busy with phone calls.

--what a load of horseshit.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. But he always has time to jet off for another little Nuremburg rally
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 01:37 AM
Nov 2019

Of course, those audiences are hired for the job or heavily screened.

marlakay

(11,468 posts)
13. I use to love the Obama family
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 01:39 AM
Nov 2019

Feeding the homeless every thanksgiving time. They showed their kids what matters.

Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
14. Telemarketer-in-Chief really thinks Presidentin' is all about phone calls, doesn't he?
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 03:42 AM
Nov 2019

What a pathetic cowardly empty suit he is.

Baitball Blogger

(46,715 posts)
16. My hubby was in DC recently and he said
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 04:24 AM
Nov 2019

That there was an increase in barricades and security police everywhere. He said it was said that it has come to this.

Wawannabe

(5,661 posts)
17. Well...
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 05:21 AM
Nov 2019

If the shoe “hits” you, wear it! Fucker tRump! Worse than Bush and so he would get so many more shoes thrown at him!! Way more than Bush did. Deserves it too!

VOX

(22,976 posts)
22. Cowardly, lazy, borderline illiterate, moody, weird, petulant, vindictive, pathological LIAR.
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 08:40 AM
Nov 2019

Now there’s a prez who’s going places. Hopefully to a “destination” with steel bars.

GoCubsGo

(32,084 posts)
24. The only thing that surprises me here
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 08:53 AM
Nov 2019

is that a lot of the military personnel still love him anyway. I hope this serves as a wake-up call to them.

FM123

(10,053 posts)
26. Just add this to the list of the many many things he is afraid of...
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 09:07 AM
Nov 2019

(He really is a pathetic coward, isn't he)

gab13by13

(21,348 posts)
29. Trump is no tough guy,
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 09:46 AM
Nov 2019

he is so paranoid that someone is going to poison him, he feels there is less chance to be poisoned at fast food restaurants.

I guess because there is no polonium soup on the drive thru menu?

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